What is an Author ?
Every chapter of the forthcoming book Power of Ampersand, by Nancy Upper, begins with an original poem by the author. This poem opens the Bibliography.
An author is a funnel
Who turns infinite into finite.
An author is a tunnel
Who conceals his path to the light.
An author is a loom
Who weaves threads into narrative.
An author is a flume
Who brings you logs evocative.
“Author” ©2018 Nancy Upper
Reader’s Digest Condensed Books Volume 192 – #5, 1990, cut into the ampersand shape by a local artist in the River Arts District of Asheville, North Carolina. Artist’s name unknown.